I looked at it at the French Lick convention. When I played with the one on display, it was alarmingly loose, I could turn the input with two fingers and feel a tiny bit of lash. A new box should be tighter than that.
The box uses a stock later F-1 style gear and sector. Setup of these gears new should show some drag across the center position. This box had none. I asked about adjustment an discovered there is NO external way to take up slack. The answer was "It comes adjusted, you touch nothing. If you open it the warranty is void." The scary part was the next statement: "Keep the shipping box just in case."
Why would I pay $800 for a box that I cannot take the play out of, especially one that will surely loosen after a few thousand miles of break in wear? I will be interested in seeing if Model A times addresses the lack of adjustment issue. Perhaps I missed something? The increased numerical ratio will exaggerate any existing play in the suspension/ steering linkage, the last thing I need is a box with built in non-adjustable slop of its own.
With my Gemmer box, or with an F-1 or F100 box, there are ways to adjust the preload on the taper rollers for the worm, and the mesh of the sector. With this box the instructions are 'don't touch or else. . .'
